Nalan Xingde: To the Tune of Picking Mulberry

纳兰性德《采桑子》

谁翻乐府凄凉曲，
风也萧萧，雨也萧萧，
瘦尽灯花又一宵。
不知何事萦怀抱，
醒也无聊，醉也无聊，
梦也何曾到谢桥。

Exegesis 逐字注
谁who　翻play/redo　乐府Music Bureau　凄凉sad & cold　曲tune/air
风wind　也also/alas　萧萧sough/desolate　雨rain　也萧萧
瘦thin　尽out　灯lamp　花flower　又yet　一another　宵night
不not　知know　何what　事thing　萦hover/linger　怀bosom抱embrace
醒awake　也also/alas　无聊dreary/weary　醉drunk　也无聊
梦dream　也also/alas　何曾ever(in question)　到to　谢桥Xie Bridge (where a love starts)

English translation
　　Nalan Xingde (1655-1685)
　　　　To the Tune of Picking Mulberry

Who is playing the sadly familiar tune
Against the howling wind
That slashes the rain for a whole night
As the candle dwindles out?
I don’t know and I don’t want to know
What harbors in my heart,
And I don’t care I am sober or drunk,
For the dreams are not what I dream of.

Back-translation is too different to be the original and not to be original.
回译过来和原文的出入太大，不成原作反成仿作了：

是谁在演奏那首熟悉的悲伤小调？
吼叫的风彻夜
抽打着冷雨，
而蜡烛缩小到了没有。
我不明白，我也不想明白，
到底有什么停泊在心中，
我已不在乎自己是醒是醉,
因为那些梦并非我要梦到的。